Land of Fire, Hidden Leaf Village.
Since the funeral of Second Hokage Tobirama Senju is about to be held, there are many new faces from foreign countries in Konoha.
The entire village was filled with a sad atmosphere, and even commercial activities were much rarer than usual.
Some big businessmen who were originally good friends with Konoha are also waiting to see Konoha's situation, whether they want to increase investment, and continue to win over Konoha as their protective umbrella.
After all, they can trust Second Hokage Tobirama Senju's abilities and skills.
However, this new Third Hokage, who has been in office for less than a month, is just a young boy in his mid-twenties. Can he really manage such a big Konoha?
And it's not just Konoha, the rest of the ninja powers don't seem to have gained any substantial benefits in this war.
The only one that is better is the Sunagakure. Their Kazekage is the only one of the second generation Five Kage that is still well preserved.
Although Iwagakure and Second Tsuchikage also survived, it is said that their physical condition is very bad and they may not have much time left.
In contrast, Land of Night to the north of Land of Fire gained prestige and style in this war.
Not to mention the Jinchūriki weapons that directly invaded Land of Lightning's homeland and powerfully suppressed Hidden Cloud Village, there was also a special existence like Perfect Jinchūriki in the country, which attracted countless people's attention.
In the end, not only did Land of Lightning plunder a large amount of supplies in its homeland, but it also forced Hidden Cloud Village to sign an armistice agreement. As a small country, it received war reparations from a big country for the first time. Compared with Five Great Shinobi Nations, which lost its troops and generals, it was a huge win.
Especially the next general, although he is less than twenty years old, he has fought against Hidden Cloud Village's newly appointed Third Raikage on the battlefield. His strength is equal to that of Five Kage, and he has been personally recognized by Raikage, one of Five Kage.
As you can imagine, the next generation of Land of Night has no blind spots.
It can be seen that in the next few decades, Land of Night is very likely to maintain a relatively upward trend.
Ninja World Many countries have secretly circulated rumors that Land of Night is the sixth largest country, but Five Great Shinobi Nations did not respond with any objection or approval and remained silent throughout the whole process.
I am afraid that as a big country, they did not expect that the biggest winner of this war was not one of their big countries.
This kind of thing makes them feel very uncomfortable.
At this time, in Hokage Building's office, Hiruzen, who had already come to Konoha as 'Hokage', sent away the patriarchs of Uchiha and Hyuga, and then lay down on the chair in a state of collapse, with his palms on his forehead and his eyes staring blankly at the ceiling.
To be honest, ever since that day when teacher Tobirama personally broke off the relationship and faced brother Kinkaku Ginkaku, and since he was ordered to take the position of Hokage at the last moment of danger, he has never felt very happy doing Hokage.
Some are just heavy burdens, and some are heavy workloads that make him breathless.
Normally, at this time, he would still be practicing and working hard to improve himself.
He feels that he still has many shortcomings, especially the lack of strength, which is the biggest taboo.
Therefore, ever since I took the seat of Hokage, I have been walking on thin ice with trepidation.
If it weren't for the Senju Clan who had his family name removed, and the full support of Mito Uzumaki, even with the death of his predecessor Hokage, and only with Sarutobi and several other families, he would not be able to sit in the position of Hokage.
Just one Uchiha makes Hiruzen feel endless pressure.
His shortcomings such as his young age, lack of prestige, and doubtful abilities make him very passive now.
In the conversation just now with the Uchiha and Hyuga clan leaders, that shortcoming was completely exposed.
He finally made a compromise.
Allocated some resources in the village to Hyuga and received support from Hyuga.
Land of Night's general's wife, Oda (Hyuga) Kicho, is an existence whose ability exceeds that of Third Raikage. The powerful and swift Gentle Fist makes Hidden Cloud Village suffer a lot.
When Third Raikage came over in person for peace talks a while ago, he praised Hyuga Clan's strength and expressed that he didn't really want to fight Hyuga Clan's ninjas.
You know, Land of Night and Hyuga can only be regarded as small sects.
The real bulk is inside Konoha.
How many masters are hidden inside the Hyuga Clan that he doesn't know about?
If Uchiha's strength is clearly shown on the surface, then Hyuga Clan is the one who doesn't show off, and makes Hiruzen unable to start.
The importance of this kind of sharp-edged and restrained family has risen several levels in Hiruzen's heart.
Therefore, he allocated a lot of resources to Hyuga, just to show his goodwill and want to get Hyuga's support.
Fortunately, Hyuga Clan is relatively 'peaceful', and the patriarch of Hyuga readily agreed on the spot that he would support his Hokage position.
Strong, restrained, polite and friendly.
This is the first impression after Hiruzen and Hyuga Clan officially came into contact.
As for the problem of Uchiha, it is more of a headache.
"Police Department..."
Hiruzen murmured that this department has a special status within Konoha.
This department was built in the early days of Konoha and was imitated from the Police Department of Land of Night.
Although the majority of it was given to the Uchiha Clan, some shares were still distributed to other ninja clans.
Uchiha's condition for supporting him is very simple. They don't want anything, they just need a pure Police Department that belongs completely to Uchiha.
Even Hiruzen, who thinks he has a good temper, thinks Uchiha Clan is too rude.
Police Department How can such an important department be controlled by one family?
So he just said that we could discuss it, but he didn't immediately agree to Uchiha's conditions.
But if he doesn't agree, can he handle Uchiha Clan's next little move?
Hiruzen's mouth turned bitter. It was obvious that he couldn't cope with it.
Even if it copes with it, it will suffer heavy losses and increase the internal friction within Konoha.
Even Sarutobi Clan supports him, not because he is Hokage, but because he is Sarutobi Clan's ninja and Sarutobi Clan's elder. He also requests that Anbu, who is directly subordinate to Hokage, should put in more good guys from the Sarutobi Clan.
Hiruzen When he thought of this, he looked so ugly that he wanted to kill someone.
How can you manage Konoha well with these insects?
He has a good temper, but when it comes to killing people on the battlefield, he doesn't hesitate at all.
Do these guys really think that the knife in his hand cannot kill their own people?
Hiruzen feels like he is holding back a lot of anger and has nowhere to vent it.
There are bad people in the village, and they all think that this young boy is easy to bully.
After a long time, Hiruzen calmed down and thought about countermeasures.
In short, you can't ask Mito to come forward, you are Hokage. If you can't overcome this difficulty, then you should abdicate as soon as possible and make way for others.
"Hiruzen, what's going on now?"
Suddenly, there was the sound of the door opening, and Danzo walked into the office and asked Hiruzen on the chair.
Behind him were Utatane Koharu, Mitokado Homura and Torifu Akimichi.
Hiruzen straightened his sitting posture a little, without Hokage putting on any airs, and explained the situation to the four people who arrived.
After hearing this, the four people's faces became serious. They did not expect the situation to be so serious.
Hyuga Clan is okay, it just takes resources, although the share is a bit large, but considering the overall strength of the Hyuga Clan, this is reasonable.
But Uchiha Clan wants the whole Police Department... this is too greedy!
"By the way, where is the mirror? Why didn't he come?"
Hiruzen glanced at the four people, but did not see Kagami Uchiha.
"Jing went to lobby some Uchiha Clan elders, hoping to help you."
Danzo Tell the truth.
Hiruzen nodded and silently recorded the favor from Jing.
Although he felt that this could not reverse Uchiha Clan's overall will, it could at least reduce the pressure on him a lot.
Let him know that there are people inside the Uchiha Clan who can use him, so that he will not be blind and know nothing about Uchiha.
"How is the situation over there?"
Hiruzen asked key questions again.
Behind these friends, there are also their own families. If they can all be roped in, it will be a big help.
But as soon as Hiruzen finished asking, several people looked a little embarrassed.
Koharu, Yan and Torifu were hesitant and seemed to have some things they couldn't say.
As for Danzo, his face was so gloomy that it was scary and he didn't want to speak.
Hiruzen did not continue to ask. It is estimated that their situation is similar to his own. They are also 'little boys' and have a say in the family, but they are not big enough to influence the will of the family.
In the eyes of the elders, young people should listen to the experiences of the elders and hand over their power obediently in order to build a better Konoha.
"Hiruzen, don't be too discouraged. I heard that General of the Land of Night was able to govern the country very well when he was less than twenty years old..."
Yan opened his mouth to comfort Hiruzen, asking him not to be soft-hearted and let go of those ninja bugs.
It is easier to ask God than to give him away. At this time, Hokage's power cannot be cut off and transferred under any circumstances.
Hiruzen was speechless after hearing this. General of the Land of Night It was a country that was conquered by oneself. It is estimated that no one would dare to tell the other party about the experience of the elders.
"In short, the only ones I can trust are Lady Mito and you. I will try my best to place you in important positions."
Hearing Hiruzen's solemn request, Danzo and others had solemn expressions on their faces, and their hearts boiled with excitement.
In the eyes of the elders, they are indeed young people, but it does not mean that they have to act according to the will of the elders.
After the war, Konoha was full of waste, and it was time for them to take action.